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Slight update; Over on the Golden Era Facebook group someone posted a picture of a Claude Butler which is very similar. There's still differences (the scallop at the top of my seat tube), but I think this is closer than anything else I've seen. Anyone know what year/model this Claude Butler is?;

Even if the cable stops vaired, the dyna-techs don't have the bridge between the chainstays behind the BB that mine does. Plus there's the scalloped seat tube end on mine etc. Also the potential non-Raleigh frame number. (Can anyone confirm/deny?)

Agreed it is very reminiscent of a Dyna-tech but I still can't find an image of any dyna-techs that match the details of my frame. Also I've been told the frame number (GC3050211), does not correspond to the format used by Raleigh.

Help me retrobike you are my only hope! Singletrackworld and the Golden Era facebook group have failed me. I'm trying to identify a frame that I have recently bought for my wife as a runabout. The blue bits are steel and the silver bits aluminium. The most distinctive areas appear to be the...